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Andy Burnham
Labour MP for Leigh
- Secretary of State, Department of Health (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 17,272 votes. — 15th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andy Burnham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Transport, Trade and Industry, Culture Media and Sport, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Car Insurance, Miners' Compensation, Planning, General Practitioners, NHS Concordat
(based on written questions asked by Andy Burnham and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
“We have heard many important contributions this afternoon and I shall respond to them in a moment. The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) spoke very movingly about his constituent in Afghanistan. Speaking for the Government, I wish to share our condolences with him and his constituent's family. The hon. Gentleman talked of moral and political support being important and the...”
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
“I consider it one of the finest achievements of this Government that we have taken 600,000 children out of poverty. That is what this party and this Government set out to do. Many of those children live in my constituency and the constituencies of hon. Members sitting on the Labour Benches today. Although it is one of our finest achievements, we will go further.”
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
“I shall make some progress. I said that we wish to move services from being good to being great. That means building on the foundations we have laid in the past decade to create more personalised and more preventive services that are more responsive and are of higher quality. So we want to lock in the achievements of the past 10 years and to hand power to people-to patients, pupils and...”
More of Andy Burnham's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 64 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 556 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £10,504 (550th) | £13,461 (523rd) | £16,147 | £18,501 (375th) | £20,317 (joint 189th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £18,009 (joint 2nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £13,860 (496th) | £17,602 (494th) | £13,279 | £19,324 (joint 89th) | £18,798 (joint 192nd) | £17,420 (454th) | £42,134 (5th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £87,563 (328th) | £82,954 (375th) | £80,555 | £68,393 (438th) | £62,713 (548th) | £58,614 (557th) | £32,181 (615th) |
| Communications Allowance | £861 (581st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,409 (207th)* | £9,607 (234th)** | £8,869 | £14,614 (153rd) | £13,578 (192nd) | £9,020 (375th) | £6,712 (383rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £175 | £780 (joint 222nd) | £717 (joint 211th) | £0 | £231 (338th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £368 (243rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £27 (108th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £683 (370th) | £535 (518th) | £739 | £771 (369th) | £1,252 (168th) | £1,178 (262nd) | £1,367 (204th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,318 (joint 323rd) | £1,355 (528th) | £1,928 | £2,163 (joint 379th) | £3,935 (171st) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,211 (joint 311th) | £828 (593rd) | £828 | £1,938 (joint 224th) | £1,938 (joint 220th) | £1,938 (joint 217th) | £1,938 (joint 207th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £2,947 (34th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £127,804 (553rd) | £129,289 (466th) | £122,520 | £126,484 (266th) | £123,248 (243rd) | £107,892 (446th) | £102,572 (62nd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £10,409 (41st).